pps review s so far X.X
(Puppet) A Lie
My file.
(Chodasaibaka) Anisakis
Heavy: Generic jumpstream to a beatmania song, complete with hands this just feels like a conversion or something. Nothing replayable or exciting about it, not especially good for scoring.
Beginner: 48th bursts are basically bs. Again, nothing of note in this chart except that it is hard and has bs bursts. Great.
(Zelda) Banbutsu Kairaku Riron
Cool song, awesome steps. I'm kind of addicted to this file =(. Some very interesting stuff here and its replayable and fun as hell, nice job.
(Amy) Battle with Saruin
Inventive use of mines throughout, color notes/jacks add a challenge. Did not care much for ending color roll even though it fits climactically I guess. Just awkward to hit and feels inaccurate. Overall very fun file, one of my favorites in the pack for sure.
(Jimerax) Bedtime Story
Challenge: Love the song, file gets a bit tedious and some patterns are iffy but it's great for scoring and overall a lot of fun. Some part toward the end with 32nd triplets when the song is super chill is very gay IMO but overall successful file. Mines are a nice touch and color note sections are fun.
(Stargroup) Bullet Timing
Challenge:
(GLoVE) Cities of the Future
Heavy: Beautifully structured, tons of fun. Never would have guessed a good file could come from this tbh. Trills are great and make this a keeper for the scorebored. The little flourish bursts repeat to the point where they are extremely bad habit forming (I can no longer FC this because of the beginning), but that is a minor complaint.
(Amy) Clock Tower Stage
Short file, basically perfectly stepped. Would be boring to play if it was longer but it's great as it is. Freezes and jacks used expertly throughout, rainbow notes are a good scoring element and feel accurate.
(Puppet) Cockpit
My file.
(Kommisar) Cosmic Orchestra
This is the best file you've made IMO. Terrific song choice, stepped with a very nice difficulty progression and great jack (and freeze
) placement overall. Could maybe use a harder chart with more layering but this is fine as is. Suffers mildly from overlength and repetition, nothing major but it's unfortunately hard not to get slightly bored at the end..
(Ferrari vs. Stargroup vs. Puppet) Criss Cross
Our file.
(Chodasaibaka) Cross Time
Challenge: Not a big fan of this one. It's a perfectly acceptable file I guess, but the song is admittedly generic and the steps are sort of nothing-special. Disagree with layering choices throughout and intensity of steps doesn't always match the song well. Missed swing and a lot of interesting sounds always irks me too but i know why people do it :>
(Exige + Rebirth) Cyber Force
Old school kind of file, decent I guess. I don't really see the replay value here as the song is pretty boring and the steps are basically just 16th notes lol.
(Yesssss) Davno Hotel Skazat
Beginner: Disposable but cool jazz file. Not much replay value as its just a straightforward MA chart but still perfectly enjoyable to sit through once or twice. Disagree with some freeze lengths and the mine usage throughout, details details.
(dondon151) Demystify Feast
Touhou as fuc but this one is hard lol. This is structured okay and the jumpstream and jacks are pretty fun, some 32nd patterns are ridiculously annoying though. I AAA to 1200 combo pretty consistently then get a shitton of greats and cb's from the ending bursts lol. Still difficulty means this is megawhorable.
(Exige) Divine Service
Easy file. No complaints with this as it is fun and is structured nicely. Chill file to sit through once or twice or when feeling stepmania lethargic, otherwise pretty disposable.
(Tsuka) Don't Make Me Wild Like You
Heavy:
Challenge:
(Yesssss) Dragon's Eye
Chill song, some cool stepping decisions (jacks in 48th bursts fit pretty well). Great for scoring as well as there's lots of little places throughout that will mess people up and make them replay lol. Complaints are that the bursts and polyrhythm patterns are too hard for the intensity of the song and patterns in general are often annoying. Also I don't really get the mines.
(Yesssss) Dream Pattern
(Jimerax) Driving Blare
Challenge: Fun file, well-stepped and great for scoring. Nice song as well. Layering of so many sounds (rainbow notes + 16th tambourine things throughout) makes this pretty clusterfucked and occasionally brutal, but its a good challenge and still enjoyable.
(Stargroup + Jimerax) Drove Through Ghosts To Get Here
X-Mod: Synced beautifully, rainbow notes are pretty good, speed progression works well for the mood of the song throughout even though I am terrible at reading the slow parts haha. Minitrills are very annoying, some burst patterns are pretty awkward, especially when used with freezes toward the end. I get what you were doing with those but it's just not any fun. When the song gets really climactic and there's a bunch of random 16th jacks leading into quads for no reason other than layering it wrecks the flow as well. Overall epic one-play file on x-mod, c-mod is probably replayable for scores but I wouldn't enjoy doing it.
(Puppet vs. Kommisar) Epileptic Crisis
Our file.
(Kneegrow) Ergosphere
Love the song, like the file. Could have been a bit harder overall but that's a small complaint. Steps flow very nicely and fit the song well. Ending mines add a unique challenge and keep it from being generic jumpstream which is cool. Still there seems to be an inherent problem with mines that are simultaneously difficult to avoid (aka should be intentionally ignored to be playable) and placed in such a way that they're supposed to be looked at (aka, going to sounds and are even pitch-relevant). Still, details. This is a lot of fun and I'll be replaying it.
(Dew) Express Love
Kind of generic Eurobeat song/file for me. 32nd rolls and color note beginning are a lot of fun, but it doesn't go much of anywhere after that. The jumpstream is way too intense for the sounds it is going to and the song in general IMO, makes it feel clustered and awkward to play. Wasn't very impressed overall.
(dondon151) Fake
Challenge: This is great. Jumpstreams are fun, beginning and ending bits are cool despite copypaste, the 24ths+16ths stream is crazy fun and gives this a lot of replay value. Jacks in the ending are a good scoring element and lack dumb [12][24][12] turn jumps that are easy to boo rush. Only complaint is the beginning burst + jack is ridiculously hard comparatively and is really awkward to hit. Not deducting though because I might just suck haha.
(Puppet) Fallen Angel
My file.
(Charlotte) False Merchen
(Kil) Final Battle
(dondon151) For Seasons
(t0rajir0u) Fuurin
(dondon151) Gun's & Roses
(Puppet) Hop Hop Donut lifts
(Linus) I'm so Drunk
(Kommisar + Linus) Infinity
(Malice) Kaanibaru No Shudai Niyoru Ningyou Notamenoibitsuna Kyousoukyoku
(IamMe) Konoko
(Puppet vs. Cetaka) Lawn Wake IX
(Dew) Love-colored Master Spark
(Patashu) Marbles
(Kil) Marine Drive
(dondon151) Max Love
(Dew) Necrofantasia
(behanjc) Negative Nature
(Necros) Ongyilkos Vasarnap
(IamMe) Open Your Mind
(Puppet) Oriental Inspiration
(dondon151) Over the Ocean
(Stargroup) Plastic Method
(dondon151) Player
(Patashu) Pluto
(Patashu) Radical Faith
(Patashu) Right Now
(HST) Shin Onigashima
(Patashu) Shoot 'Em All
(Puppet) Sin
(IamMe) Six
(MacGravel) Skeletones
(Synexi vs. Stargroup) Smooooch
(Kneegrow) Space
(Puppet) Starship.6
(IamMe) Stream of Consciousness
(HST) Survivor
(GLoVE) Taking Back My Soul
(behanjc) The Biggest Band
(Jimerax) The Least 100 Seconds
(Puppet) Thunderclap
(Patashu) Tripping Contact
(Ferarri) Valkyrja
(Kommisar) What you Need
(DJ_Ossa) White Destiny
